Aug 26 2008
Propeller.COM Just Banned My Article For TOS Violation. Why?
I wrote an article yesterday entitled John McCain Announces Vice Presidential Candidate on Eve of DNC. This morning, I posted it on Propeller.com, one of the leading social networking sites behind Digg.com and Reddit.com.
The article, a complete satire, made it to the front page of Propeller.com and brought thousands of visitors to my site.
As I was reading the many interesting comments (some loved the article, others were offended, and a few–who clearly did not read the whole thing– thought that it was meant to be serious), I refreshed my screen to find this message from Propeller.com:
Article Removed
This article has been removed from our system for violating our Terms of Use.
What is a social networking site suppose to be if not freedom of expression? Do the owners of Propeller.com, AOL, not permit any form of satire that might be considered controversial? Would this have happened on Digg.com or Reddit.com? Or, did a few of the people who read and believed the article report it out of some misplaced bitterness?
Here are Propeller.com’s Terms of Service.
Who can tell me why I was banned? Is it right for a social networking site to ban a satirical article?
And one last question: Do you think that this article will get banned?
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i know thats a bummer i got banned as well from propeller just yesterday and i myself don’t know why either
LOL you don’t need propeller.. just ignore them.. there is no freedom and I never submit anything there.